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Patent troll sues Oprah, Sony over online book viewing

'We own the touchy, feely internet'

7 Jan 01:43

Anonymous celebrates first anniversary of Scientology protests

Still plugging away

6 Jan 11:29

Spinning the war on the UK's sex trade

Comment Step one, inflate the size of the problem

4 Jan 09:02

SexSearch not responsible for underage hookup (again)

User profile says she's 18? Check her ID

31 Dec 21:29

Chilean anti-piracy law drafted on pirated software

.doc shocker in the houze!

30 Dec 14:42

Government pipedreams on internet ratings doomed to fail

Secrecy, police censorship and no appeal are the norm

30 Dec 13:21

Record industry refused Jammie Thomas appeal

Judge scratches 'making available'

30 Dec 11:36

City of Heroes fingered in MMO patent lawsuit

Troll hits for 53 points of damage

29 Dec 22:16

San Francisco's 'rogue' sysadmin faces trial

Bail reduction refused

29 Dec 13:21

UK.gov to push Obama for tougher rules online

Burnham's 'big moment'

29 Dec 12:40

Verizon awarded $33.15m against cybersquatter

Good luck collecting it

26 Dec 21:33

Photography: Yes, you have rights

Comment Unless the police say you haven't

23 Dec 12:31

Gov aims to extend dead artists' royalty denial

Painted into a corner

23 Dec 11:32

US sues to break up military and space kit acquisition

Price of diodes are a bitch these days

20 Dec 04:33

RIAA won't sue, but will throttle

Abandons lawsuit campaign

20 Dec 00:09

Beatle associate can sue over 'charlatan' claim, says High Court

Decision hung on hits

19 Dec 09:57

Hasbro drops lawsuit against Scrabulous creators

Do we need to spell it out to you?

16 Dec 15:31

Oz couple served legal docs via Facebook

Tracked to social networking site

16 Dec 11:09

Music copyright extension - strings attached

Sort yourselves out, warn Burnham and McCreevy

12 Dec 13:52

IWF rethinks its role

Ministry of Justice misleads on extreme porn

12 Dec 09:10

ArseASA rules 'Feck' non-offensive

Drink ad cleared

11 Dec 13:18

Sony sued for collecting kids data

Don't sign up with strangers?

11 Dec 11:45

Indian court urged to 'ban Google Earth'

Aided Mumbai attacks

10 Dec 19:57

Regulator to probe Davenport Lyons' P2P porn cash demands

Hot watchdog on watchdog action

10 Dec 12:22

Is filming someone in the street a breach of privacy?

A tricky legal question

10 Dec 09:38

Scorpions tale leaves IWF exposed

Opinion 'Look, that regulator isn't wearing any clothes'

9 Dec 12:17

MS: We'll slash search data retention if big boys play ball

Anonymise after six months...

9 Dec 11:35

Why the IWF was right to ban a Wikipedia page

Guest opinion Wikimedia's hypocrisy

9 Dec 11:22

Reg readers in the dark over extreme porn

Local police clueless too

9 Dec 09:55

UK e-tailers scurry to scrap dodgy Heavy Metal covers

IWF says acts in good faith - what about Blind Faith?

8 Dec 16:23

Aussie convicted over Simpsons sex pics

'My butt does not deserve a website'

8 Dec 12:47

Aussie government to rig filter testing

Opponents of Great Aussie Firewall take to the streets

8 Dec 11:29

Fugitive Danish IT chief surrenders at LA copshop

Stein Bagger on Skid Row

8 Dec 11:16

Armed anti-paedophile cops swoop on video site uploader

Baby swing vid prompts 'child abuse material' charge

5 Dec 16:40

Craiglist rant man on criminal libel rap

Falls foul of 'rarely used' Colorado statute

5 Dec 12:13

EU asks Google for privacy advice

Hey, gorilla, what shall I do with this banana?

5 Dec 11:57

Interflora sues M&S over Google keywords

Could be trade mark test case

4 Dec 16:11

EFF seeks shelter for iPhone mobile 'jailbreakers'

Freedom to tinker

3 Dec 23:20

Speaker distances himself from police raids on MP

I nevver dun it

3 Dec 16:21

Budget airlines break new rules on opt-in website pricing

Easyjet and Ryanair investigated

3 Dec 16:15

McKinnon gets date for final showdown

Last chance saloon

3 Dec 12:06

Watchdog eyes copyright safety for iPhones, YouTube

And recycling

3 Dec 00:43

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